To Encrypt Documents in Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016
Step-by-step guide
- Open the document (Word, Excel, or Power Point) you would like to encrypt.
- At the top of the document click File.
- On the left-hand navigation bar click Info.
- Click on the button: Protect Document.
- Choose Encrypt with Password.
- Set a password to use when opening the document.
| Info |
|---|
| Caution if you lose or forget the password, it cannot be recovered. You must also share the password with anyone you would like to be able to open the document. |
Short URL to this page:
| Live Search | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Related articles
| Filter by label (Content by label) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Page Properties | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
|